# \[Not a bug\] Why does the enemy disregard matching hourglass gems? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [November 15, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-why-does-the-enemy-disregard-matching-hourglass-gems/82222 "2023-11-15T16:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![Bramble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Bramble](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Bramble)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-why-does-the-enemy-disregard-matching-hourglass-gems/82222/22 "2023-11-15T23:51:27Z")
Hello again 🙂 As for the bug report, it is not a bug. The AI makes some not so great moves on purpose actually! It’s very common in game design to have AI performing at a worse level than a real human player as otherwise things start feeling unfair quickly. This help center article has some more information about this: > **[AI cheating in Gems of War](https://gemsofwar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/210140183-AI-cheating-in-Gems-of-War)** > > According to various tests, the AI does not cheat in Gems of War. > We can confirm that there is ZERO artificial bias towards the AI player. The AI does not cheat.  > In fact, if you are on NORMAL Diff... --- _[View the full topic](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/not-a-bug-why-does-the-enemy-disregard-matching-hourglass-gems/82222)._